The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Willems took 2nd of 80 in the 45–49 age group at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:06:51.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:00 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 4:01, ahead of 99% of the field.
The field ran 1:56 faster at Rotterdam 2025 than at Amsterdam 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:04Running 1 3:53v median −1:16
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Block 02 6:27Running 2 3:48v median −1:06
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Block 03 7:49Running 3 3:57v median −1:18
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Block 04 7:47Running 4 3:58v median −1:18
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Block 05 8:20Running 5 4:00v median −1:32
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Block 06 5:40Running 6 4:01v median −1:19
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Block 07 8:31Running 7 4:03v median −1:15
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Block 08 10:19Running 8 4:30v median −1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:01
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1234
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,234 men who finished.